Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... experience of equal signifi- cance . Sometimes he would dream that such moments might be enjoyed without reference ... experience that will transcend all ordinary experiences . The beauty of the poem is largely due to the fact that the ...
... experience of equal signifi- cance . Sometimes he would dream that such moments might be enjoyed without reference ... experience that will transcend all ordinary experiences . The beauty of the poem is largely due to the fact that the ...
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... experience personally . Only through religion could he attain to such an experience , and from religion he had hitherto been cut off by barriers for which the particular form of Christianity practised in his age and country was largely ...
... experience personally . Only through religion could he attain to such an experience , and from religion he had hitherto been cut off by barriers for which the particular form of Christianity practised in his age and country was largely ...
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... experience . The language is exactly of the kind used by the great mystics on similar occasions and many parallels could be quoted from their works . It is interesting to compare it with the experience of Rochester's elder contemporary ...
... experience . The language is exactly of the kind used by the great mystics on similar occasions and many parallels could be quoted from their works . It is interesting to compare it with the experience of Rochester's elder contemporary ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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